Legal Opinion

DeKoning v. Williams

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 11, 1955No. 33192PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*140Ott, J.

The plaintiff instituted this action against the defendants to recover damages for injuries sustained as the result of a truck and automobile collision. The driver of the defendants’ truck will be referred to herein as though he were the sole defendant.

In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that the vehicles of the plaintiff and defendant were approaching from opposite directions; that the defendant operated his truck by suddenly and without cause veering it across the center line of the highway into plaintiff’s lane of travel; that the plaintiff was thereby confronted with an emergency,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Billington v. SchaalWashington Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Allen v. HartWashington Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Thompson v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Adjustment Department, Olympia Credit Bureau, Inc. v. SmedegardWashington Supreme Court · 1952

3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Haslund v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Samuelson v. FreemanWashington Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Zukowsky v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1971
  4. Dabroe v. Rhodes Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Wendt v. Department of Labor & IndustriesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1977

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